Window-sash weight



WINDOW SASH WEIGHT. APPLICA'HON FILED JAN. 10, $921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

CL/S'ck nea'der ATTORNEY To all wiwm it may concern:

WINDOW-SASH WEIGHT.

Application filed January 10, 1921; Serial No. 436,193.

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN L.

SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and usefulImprovements in vlfinclowfiasli Weights, of whichthe following is a specification. This invention relates to window-sashweights and an object of the invention is to provide a window-sashweight which is sub stantially rectangular in shape in cross section 7and constructed so that only two weights need be used in a windowstructure comprising upper and lower sliding panels. Another object'ofthe invention is to pro-. vide a window-sash weight, the weight of whichmay be varied as of the window sashes required the said Iweight beingpro vided with recess openingsat the inner upper end of the weightadapted to receive re- I movable lugs.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hook portion on thefurther end of the weight to which auxiliary weight may be detachablyconnected when required.

Other objects of the inventionwill appear 1 in the following detaileddescription and accompanying drawings wherein :Y

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly insec tion of the improvedwindow-sash weight,

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation, partly in section of the improvedwindow-sash weight.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly tothe drawing, the improved sash weight ispreferably cast of suitable material, the body 1 thereof 7 is providedwith a pair of arms 2 and 3 upon its upper end, wliich arms carry asuitable pin {1- upon which a pulley 5 is.=rotatably mounted, the saidpulley, preferably, having concave perimeter for receiving the sash cordand preventing the latter from slipping off the edge of the pulley andbinding. The

body 1 is provided with a longitudinally extending central recess 6rectangularin cross section, which opens out in the upper end of thebody as shown at 7, the arms 2 and 3 being slightly reduced in thicknessfor short distances above the open end 7 to permit the passing ofweights or lugs Stherethrough for depositing in the recess 6 to increasethe weight of the body one when necessary. Of ten it is necessary toincrease the weight of the sash-weight over that permitted by use of theslugs 8 and to allow this increasing of weight a ho'ok9 is formeduponthe lower end of the body 1, the recess in said hook openingoutupwardly ina pocket 10, prefer-- ably at the longitudinal center ofthe body 1 Specification of Letters ?atent. Patented A 0; 15

as clearly shown in Fig. 2' of the drawing.

Two of these hook structures 9 areprovided I being formed upon theextension 11 'ofthe body 1 and, spaced as clearly shown i'nFig.

2' ofthe drawings to permit tlieiiisertion. therebetween of theupstanding lug 12 formed on the auxiliary weight 13.- The pin 14 extendstransversely through the lug 12 and is provided for seating in therecess in the-hooks 9, as shownin Fig. 1 of the drawing to suspend theauxiliary weight 13 from The inner the lower ends of the hooks, toprevent acci dental removal of 'the endsof thepin 1 1 from the hooks. Todisconnect the auxiliary weight 13 from the body 1 it isneesssary tomove the auxiliary weight upwardly in.a di-,

rect vertical line until the pin 14 is-passe d above the upper ends ofthe bills 13 after of the pockets 10. v

which the weight 13 is moved laterally out is, of course, to beunderstood that. the nvention may be constructed in various othermanners and the parts associated'in other relationsand,ltherefore, I donot de-. sire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in'theclaim hereunto appended.

Having thus describedn y invention'what I claim is:

. v A indow sash weight comprising a rectangular body havinga hookarranged at its bottom end and parallelarin's extending;

from its other end and vfurtherhaving a. longitudinally centrallyvarranged r.ecess that'opens out atthe basefof saidarms,-and I a pulleymounted in theupper endsofthe arms so as to be spaced from the open endof said recess, and weights adapted to be passed under. the pulleys anddeposited in the open; end of the recess.

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. In testimony whereof I aifixmy signature.

CHRISTIAN L. SCHNEIDER. Witnesses: e ARLINGTON E. LILL,"

KURT L. SCHNEIDE

